A new poll shows Colorado’s small business owners overwhelmingly oppose Gov. Polis’s Proposition HH to raise payroll taxes on workers by eliminating the Taxpayer Bill of Rights (TABOR) while putting a temporary band aid on property tax hikes.
The National Federation of Independent Business regularly ballots its members on critical issues to determine how to focus its lobbying and political activities.
A resounding 90% of their members said no when asked:
“Should Colorado reduce TABOR [Taxpayer Bill of Rights] tax refunds and use the retained funds to lower property taxes and increase education and local government funding?”
Only nine percent supported the measure while one percent was undecided.
“Small-business owners have been unwavering in their support for TABOR for the 30 years of its existence,” said Tony Gagliardi, Colorado state director for NFIB. “So, this result doesn’t really surprise, but it is a shining example of something small business owners cherish—predictability. Predictability in rules, regulations, and taxes.”
Meanwhile, here’s what’s being done to cap property taxes, which Polis and the Democrat-controlled legislature punted on in favor of just raising everyone’s taxes with Prop HH.
We’re telling people to vote NO on Prop HH because it’s stealing their TABOR refunds.
But – what’s a better solution? How can we stop property taxes from ever skyrocketing again in Colorado?@AdvanceColorado Action is running Initiative 50 to cap property taxes ⬇️ #copolitics pic.twitter.com/qtMBaZfrce
— Kristi Burton Brown (@KBBColorado) August 3, 2023